Ghosta, Lebanon

Ghosta (Arabic: غوسطا‎; also spelled Ghusta) is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 36 kilometers north of Beirut. Ghosta's average elevation is 950 meters above sea level and its total land area is 461 hectares.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholics.[2]

Ghosta

غوسطا

Ghusta
Municipality
Ghosta Monastry and Church, Lebanon
Ghosta
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°59′28″N 35°40′25″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateMount Lebanon
DistrictKeserwan
Area
 • Total4.61 km2 (1.78 sq mi)
Elevation
950 m (3,120 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)09

Ghosta has three schools, two private and one public, with a total of 772 students as of 2008. As of 2008, there were eleven companies with at least five employees operating in the village.[1] It is home to the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries and its main monastery, and the birthplace of Lebanese pioneer painter, Daoud Corm (1852 – 1930) and of pioneer Lebanese journalist, Philippe Ziade (1909–2005).[3]

See also

References
  1. "Ghosta". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  2. "Elections municipales et ikhtiariah au Mont-Liban" (PDF). Localiban. Localiban. 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  3. Khoury, Fayek. (1980). Fifty Years of Journalistic Memories (in Arabic).
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